On 11th November 2009, Ric married Jacqueline Beems, but in 2014, they separated. We wonder what this retirement means for Ric Flair. He draws love from the masses because he is a real person who never pretends to please anyone. ( Log Out / Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.
Watching an old, slow and wrinkly Flair hobble around like Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, my 7-year old self thought there was no way the 16-time World Champion would make it out of the ring alive.
At one point, his health deteriorated so much fans wondered if the legend was going to survive. On 27th August 1983, he tied the knots with Elizabeth Harrell, who bore to him Ashley and Reid. His trademark was the way he shouted, "Woooo!" For my money, that’s the greatest shot in pro wrestling history.
Ric Flair’s official retirement came in 2008 at WrestleMania 24.
At this point, it was still real to me and although Shawn Michaels exaggerated his reaction at the end of the match, it wasn’t all too far from reality. He has been in the wrestling career for over four decades. When he was only 26 years old, he was told he would never wrestle again after breaking his back in three different places. Nature Boy, as he is famously known, has won many titles on WCW, TNA, AWA, and NWA. If Flair lost any singles match he was forced to retire.
Full retirement could mean that Ric Flair is ready to live the quiet life with his new wife Wendy Barlow. Somehow, some way the Heart Break Kid pulled out one last classic from Naitch. Reid was also a professional wrestler, and he died in 2013 due to a drug overdose.
Watching an old, slow and wrinkly Flair hobble around like Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, my 7-year old self thought there was no way the 16-time World Champion would make it out of the ring alive.
However, the legend returned to wrestling only eight months after the scare. He got engaged to Wendy Barlow in July 2016 and married her in September 2018. And to the people who say pro wrestling is a man’s soap opera, you’re absolutely right. Image: instagram.com, @thewonderouswendy (modified by author)Source: UGC. His children are all wrestlers except for Megan. They moved with him to Edina, Minnesota, and sent him to Wayland Academy, where he discovered his passion for wrestling and football.
( Log Out / Still, it is difficult to imagine a quiet lifestyle for the flamboyant Nature Boy. His retirement happened during a match against Shawn Michaels, which delivered some iconic wrestling television. “The pilot realised he’d hit the point of no return where he should have refuelled, and the engines stalled and we went down and through some trees.”.
Gagne enrolled Flair into his wrestling camp outside Minneapolis in 1971.
Image: instagram.com, @ricflairnatureboySource: UGC. They parted ways in 2006. He also lost his 25-year-old son, Reid. The closing sequence though can only be likened to taking the old dog out behind the shed. Image: instagrma.com, @thewonderouswendySource: UGC. Ric Flair is officially recognized by WWE and TNA as a sixteen-time world champion: he has held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship eight times, the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times and the WWF Championship twice, although the actual number of his reigns vary according to sources (from sixteen to twenty-five titles). Image: twitter.com, @kevinmccrea47 (modified by author)Source: UGC. On his relationship with Flair changing after he retired: “Ric and I had a very, very good relationship when I was wrestling.
Ric Flair age is 71 years.